Collared Flycatcher

(and other wildlife) WHERE TO WATCH IN LORRAINE PARC NATUREL REGIONAL

The Lorraine Parc Naturel Regional is located Some endangered species still occur: , in the northeast of , not far from Little bittern and Purple all breed. and Nancy. There are other rare species: Montagu’s Harrier, Little Crake and Collared Flycatcher. 35 % of the territory is covered with forest And species with special habitat and with its numerous lakes make up a requirements such as: Corncrake, White fragile and important network of natural and Black , Osprey, Eagle and Short- heritage. Close to Belgium, Luxembourg eared . and Germany, is a paradise for naturalists from abroad. Lorraine is also a stopover, sometimes for long periods, for very many migratory birds 288 species of birds have been identified (Cranes…) and a wintering area for many within the Parc and many sites allow visitors northern species. to see many of these species. The Nature Reserves of Madine, Lachaussée and the The peaceful coexistence of birds and Lindre Estate with lakes are now equipped man begins around the rural houses in for watching. Two of these reserves the Lorraine with their huge roofs that are (Lachaussée and Lindre) are recognized as perfect for nesting and martins prestigious international RAMSAR sites. and gardens that extend onto “Mirabelle” The interest of these two remote areas, just (a delicious local plum) orchards. 60 km apart, for aquatic birds is quite similar but they do have very different lowland agricultural species. AREAS TO WATCH BIRDS IN LORRAINE PARC NATUREL REGIONAL How to get to the Lorraine BELGIUM LUXEMBURG Natural Park from Britain Luxembourg Findel GERMANY

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Tourist information 3 Area 3 - page 6 7 Area 7 - page 14 11 Highways High-speed railway Jarny City 11 11 Accomodation partners 4 Area 4 - page 8 8 Area 8 - page 16 Local road Hiking trail St-BaussantRAMSAR zone

1 Area 1 - page 2 5 Area 5 - page 10 9 Area 9 - page 18 Other road Local hiking trail Montdidier Natura 2000 zone Jarny 0 5 km 10 km Jarny Area 6 - page 12 Area 10 - page 20 Railways Jarny Boudaries of the Lorraine 2 Area 2 - page 4 6 10 parc naturel regional St-Baussant St-Baussant St-Baussant Montdidier Montdidier Montdidier Jarny Jarny Jarny St-Baussant St-Baussant St-Baussant Montdidier Montdidier Montdidier Tourist information

Office de Tourisme Cœur de Lorraine Maison du Tourisme en Pays Rue du Palais de Justice Terres de Lorraine 55300 Saint-Mihiel 1 Place Charles De Gaulle 54200 Toul Tel.: +33 (0) 329 890 647 www.coeurdelorraine-tourisme.fr Tel.: +33 (0) 383 649 060 www.lepredenancy.fr Office de Tourisme du Pays de Commercy Château Stanislas Office de Tourisme du Pays du Saulnois 55200 Commercy Hotel de la Monnaie Place du Palais Tel.: +33 (0) 329 913 316 www.tourisme-pays-de-commercy.fr 57630 Vic-sur-Seille Tel.: +33 (0) 387 011 626 Office de Tourisme de Pont-à-Mousson Place Duroc Office de Tourisme du Pays de 54700 Pont-à-Mousson 2 rue du Musée 57400 Sarrebourg Tel.: +33 (0) 383 810 690 www.tourisme-pontamousson.fr Tel.: +33 (0) 387 031 182 www.tourisme-sarrebourg.fr

Common Merganser Species index

Species Areas Page Species Areas Page Aquatic Warbler 8 ; 9 17 ; 19 2 5 Black Kite 1 ; 6 ; 8 3 ; 13 ; 17 Hoopoe 3 7 Black 6 ; 8 13 ; 17 Lesser Spotted 8 17 Black Tern 2 5 Little Bittern 1 ; 8 ; 9 3 ; 17 ; 19 Black Woodpecker 5 11 Little Crake/ Spotted Crake 1 ; 2 3 ; 5 Black-necked Grebe 8 17 Little Gull 2 5 Bluethroat 8 17 Little 10 21 Cirl Bunting 7 15 Marsh Harrier 1 ; 2 ; 6 ; 8 ; 9 3 ; 5 ; 13 ; 17 ; 19 Collared Flycatcher 1 ; 2 ; 6 ; 8 3 ; 5 ; 13 ; 17 Marsh Warbler 8 17 Common Crane 1 ; 6 3 ; 13 Meadow Pipit 5 11 Common Kestrel 4 9 Middle Spotted Woodpecker 1 ; 6 ; 8 3 ; 13 ; 17 Common Kingfisher 7 15 3 ; 4 ; 6 7 ; 9 ; 13 Common Nightingale 10 21 Northern Lapwing 1 3 Common Quail 10 21 Osprey 1 ; 2 ; 6 ; 8 3 ; 5 ; 13 ; 17 Corn Bunting 10 21 4 9 Corn Crake 10 21 Purple Heron 1 ; 2 ; 8 ; 9 3 ; 5 ; 17 ; 19 Eagle Owl 4 ; 5 9 ; 11 Red crested Pochard 8 17 Eurasian Bittern 1 ; 2 ; 6 3 ; 5 ; 13 Red Kite 6 13 Eurasian Curlew 10 21 Red throated Diver 8 17 Eurasian Golden Oriole 8 17 Red-backed Shrike 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 6 ; 7 ; 9 3 ; 5 ; 7 ; 13 ; 15 ; 19 Eurasian Hobby 6 ; 8 13 ; 17 Redwing 1 3 Eurasian Penduline Tit 9 19 Spotted Crake 9 19 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 8 17 Savi’s Warbler / Common 1 ; 8 ; 10 3 ; 17 ; 21 Eurasian 3 7 Grasshoper Warbler European 4 9 1 ; 9 ; 10 3 ; 19 ; 21 European Stonechat 8 ; 10 17 ; 21 Whinchat 10 21 Gadwall 2 5 White Stork 8 17 Garganey 8 17 White-fronted Goose 2 5 Great Egret 2 ; 9 5 ; 19 White-tailed Eagle 1 ; 2 ; 6 ; 8 3 ; 5 ; 13 ; 17 Green Sandpiper 9 21 White-throated Dipper 7 15 Greet Reed Warbler 2 ; 9 5 ; 19 Wood Sandpiper 8 17 Grey Wagtail 7 15 Wood Warbler 3 ; 8 7 ; 17 Greylag Goose 2 ; 8 5 ; 17 Woodlark 3 7 Honey Buzzard 1 ; 6 ; 8 3 ; 13 ; 17 Woodcock 1 3 To be seen in the area : Birds (Area 1) Common Crane • White-tailed Eagle • LACHAUSSÉE REGIONAL NATURE RESERVE Eurasian Bittern • Marsh Harrier • AND DISCOVERY WETLANDS INTERPRETETION TRAIL. Little Bittern • Purple Heron • Osprey • Middle Spotted Woodpecker • Collared Flycatcher • Little Crake • Savi’s Warbler • Water Rail • Redwing • Northern Lapwing • Honey Buzzard • Red-backed Shrike • Black Kite • Woodcock Departure

Where to sleep? (accomodation partners)

Cottage “Le Miradon” 1 55210 Hadonville-Les-Lachaussée (Map datum: C3) Tel.: +33 (0) 659 604 968 @gmail.com www.gitemiradon.com > 6 people (3 rooms)

Bed and Breakfast “La Bottée” 2 55210 Viéville-sous-les-Côtes (Map datum: B3) Tel.: +33 (0) 329 899 812 [email protected] Extraits des fonds cartographiques - IGN Paris 2015 - Autorisation n°70 15001 www.labottee.com Common Crane > 3 rooms Hike: 11 km (6.84 miles) / 3 hours

Place to leave your car Most interesting area Public hide Interpretation trail

Lachaussée lake is a site of major biological importance (RAMSAR). It covers 300 hectares and is surrounded by many smaller ponds that allow species living in the area to move from one pond to another. Extensive reedbeds are favourable for rare breeding species such as Bittern and Marsh Wildlife information Restaurant and shop harrier. Bushy areas surrounded by wet meadows are the haunt of many other wetland species. Conservatoire d’espaces naturels (local products) The forest serves as a filter for many of the water bodies, protecting them and ensuring their water de Lorraine Domaine du Vieux Moulin quality. Tel.: +33 (0) 382 208 800 55210 Lachaussée www.cren-lorraine.fr Three bird hides including an observation tower offer an interesting perspective over the natural part Tel.: +33 (0) 329 893 602 of the lake (northern corner) and a view over the reed beds. www.etang-de-lachaussee.com Open from Monday to Sunday 2 3 Birds (Area 2) To be seen in the area : Great Egret • Eurasian Bittern • Greylag Goose• Gadwall • MADINE LAKE - NATIONAL NO-HUNTING Osprey • Marsh Harrier • Hen Harrier • Little Gull • Black Tern • AND WILDLIFE RESERVE. ORNITHOLOGICAL Great Reed Warbler • Red-backed Shrike • White-tailed Eagle • INTERPRETATION TRAIL. Purple Heron • Collared Flycatcher • Little Crake • White-fronted Goose

Departure Where to sleep? (accomodation partners)

3 Cottage “Les berges du Lac de Madine” 55210 Heudicourt-sous-les-Côtes (Map datum: B3) Tel.: +33 (0) 329 900 280 [email protected] www.gites-berges-lac-madine.fr > 4 people

4 Cottage “Le vieux pressoir” 55210 Buxières-sous-les-Côtes (Map datum: B4) Tel.: +33 (0) 662 965 807 > 10 people (5 rooms)

5 Cottages “Les gîtes du Holit” 54470 Pannes (Map datum: C3)

Extraits des fonds cartographiques - IGN Paris 2015 - Autorisation n°70 15001 Tel.: +33 (0) 383 819 971

[email protected] Red-backed Shrike Hike: 5.5 km (3.42 miles) / 1.5 hour www.gitesduholit.com > 5 people (2 cottages) Place to leave your car Most interesting area Public hide Interpretation trail

The National no-hunting and wildlife Reserve covers 1800 ha. It is of primary importance for migrant aquatic birds. Its natural richness make a migratory stopover and wintering site for nearly 250 species Wildlife information Shop (local products) of birds. Indeed, in winter this area can hold more than 10,000 waterbirds. Parc naturel régional de Lorraine Chèvrerie de Chaillon Tel.: +33 (0) 383 842 515 32 Grande Rue It is also a very good site for wintering waterfowl such as Common Goldeneye, the Red-breasetd www.pnr-lorraine.com 55210 Chaillon Merganser or Smew. It is during migration that bird diversity is at its hight. A nature-trail with signboards translated into English will help you to learn more. This trail leads to a hide that offers Tel.: +33 (0) 329 900 939 Tourist information stunning views over the lake and the reedbed. Open from Tuesday to Saturday Syndicat Mixte du lac de Madine Tel.: +33 (0) 329 893 250 4 www.lacmadine.com 5 To be seen in the area : Birds (Area 3) Birds: CÔTES DE MEUSE - POINT X ON THE EPARGES PEAK. Red-backed Shrike • Northern Goshawk • Wood WHEN NATURE TAKES ITS COURSE. Warbler • Woodlark • Eurasian Wryneck • Hoopoe Others: Wall and Sand Lizard • Yellow-bellied Toad • Grass • European Tree Frog • Great Crested Newt • Wild

Where to sleep? (accomodation partners)

Cottage “Le Logis des Côtes” 6 55160 Ronvaux (Map datum: B2) [email protected] www.lametairiedesvergers.com > 6 people

Bed and Breakfast Northern Goshawk 7 “La Métairie des vergers” 55160 Watronville (Map datum: A2) [email protected] ©IGN SCAN 25® - 2011 COPIE ET REPRODUCTION INTERDITES (données issues du protocole MEDAD) www.lametairiedesvergers.com > 3 rooms Hike: 6 km (3.73 miles) / 2 hours

Place to leave your car Most interesting area “On relatively small areas, among the places where you can see a landscape, one whose view is the most beautiful is almost always the one that is the most tactically interesting from a military point of view” Yves Lacoste Wildlife information Ecomuseum, biodiversity Nature always takes over, even after being torn apart by wars. Landscapes and ecosystems are finally Parc naturel régional de Lorraine garden and shop (local products) transformed to be reborn in greenery. Symbol of violent fighting in 1915, the Eparges peak was a strategic site during the Great War. Tel.: +33 (0) 383 846 767 87 rue Chaude www.pnr-lorraine.com 55210 Hannonville-sous-les-Côtes The conflict above ground sinks underground and mine warfare begins. Funnels, tunnels, trenches or Tel.: +33 (0) 329 873 294 blockhouses are visual reminders of this war. Conifers were planted on the battlefield. Today, specific www.ecomusee-hannonville.com biodiversity has taken residence. 6 7 To be seen in the area : Birds and Orchids (Area 4) Birds: GÉNICOURT CALCAREOUS GRASSLANDS Northern Goshawk • Eagle Owl • Peregrine Falcon • AND DISCOVERY INTERPRETATION TRAIL. Common Kestrel • European Nightjar Orchids: Military Orchid • Pyramidal Orchid • Orchid • Late Orchid • Dark Red Helleborine Others: Pigamon rocks Lesser Meadow-rue • Helianthème • Common Polygala • Common Globular • Sand Lizard • Smooth snake • Burnets

Where to sleep? (accomodation partners)

Departure Bed and Breakfast “Le Ciel Bleu” 8 55210 Deuxnouds-aux-Bois (Map datum: B3) Tel.: +33 (0) 970 261 405 [email protected] www.lecielbleu.eu > 5 rooms ©IGN SCAN 25® - 2011 COPIE ET REPRODUCTION INTERDITES (données issues du protocole MEDAD) Great Spotted Woodpecker Hike: 6 km (3.73 miles) / 2 hours

Place to leave your car Most interesting area Interpretation trail

Wildlife information Shop (local products) 155 million years ago, coral reefs in shallow waters covered the site of this old stone quarry. Debris of Conservatoire d’espaces naturels Coopérative fruitière shells and skeletons of marine were deposited here. These skeletons form today’s bedrock. de Lorraine “Jardin de Lorraine” The 600 meter trail passes through many different habitats over what is a short distance, they have Tel.: +33 (0) 382 208 800 32 rue de la Mirabelle their various specific plants and animals. www.cren-lorraine.com 55210 Billy-sous-les-Côtes Tel.: +33 (0) 329 893 224 Parc naturel régional de Lorraine Tel.: +33 (0) 383 846 767 8 www.pnr-lorraine.com 9 Birds, Orchids and Amphibia (Area 5) To be seen in the area : Euville Stone Quarry EUVILLE STONE QUARRY Birds: AND WETLAND GÉVAUD POND. Eagle Owl • Black Woodpecker • Meadow Pipit Orchids and others plants: Lizard Orchid • Orchid • Bee Orchid • Military Orchid • Pyramidal Orchid • Dark Red Helleborine • Round Leaved Wintergreen • Late Spider Orchid

Departure Wetland Gévaux pond Amphibia: Midwife Toad • • • Smooth Nenot

Where to sleep? (accomodation partners)

Cottage “La Villasatel” 9 Carrières d’Euville 55200 Euville (Map datum: B5)

Tel.: +33 (0) 329 913 310 European Tree Frog [email protected] www.villasatel.fr ©IGN SCAN 25® - 2011 COPIE ET REPRODUCTION INTERDITES (données issues du protocole MEDAD) > 50 people Longer hike: 4 km (2.49 miles) / 1 hour

Place to leave your car Most interesting area Interpretation trail

Euville Stone Quarry This site is unique in Lorraine not only because of the size of the quarries but also their history. Wildlife information Shop (local products) An unexpected ecosystem is found due to the presence of rock scree, cliffs, grass sward and upsurging Centre d’animation Aux Douceurs Lorraines groundwater. The sand quarry supports many orchids in this arid environment. des Carrières d’Euville 10 place du fer à Cheval 55200 Euville 55200 Commercy Wetland Gévaux pond The small Gevaux pond is set in a beautiful forest glen, where we find a source and a tuffaceous Tel.: +33 (0) 329 913 316 Tel.: +33 (0) 329 907 879 marsh. This fishpond, the bottom of which is covered with cobblestones was once used by monks to stock carp so that they cleaned themselves; carp caught in the ponds of the Reine forest. LPO Garden There are many including the Alpine and Palmate newts, the Midwife toad and the Jardin sous les Côtes Common frog. 55300 Apremont-la-Forêt 10 11 Tel.: +33 (0) 329 904 090 To be seen in the area :

Birds, and others (Area 6) Birds: Collared Flycatcher • Honey Buzzard • FORÊT DE LA REINE. Middle Spotted Woodpecker • Red Kite • Black Kite • Eurasian Hobby • Marsh Harrier • Eurasian Bittern • Black Stork • White-tailed Eagle • Osprey • Northern Goshawk • Common Crane • Red-backed Shrike Dragonfly : Mercury Bluet • Yellow-spotted Whiteface • Lilypad Whiteface • Eurasian Basket Tail Others: Marsh Fritillary • Large Copper • European Tree Frog • Wild Cat • bats • newts

Where to sleep? (accomodation partners)

Cottage “Château de Manonville” 10 Collared Flycatcher 54385 Manonville (Map datum: C4) Tel.: +33 (0) 383 234 950 [email protected] www.gites54.com > 2 cottages (12 people and 4 people) ©IGN SCAN 25® - 2011 COPIE ET REPRODUCTION INTERDITES (données issues du protocole MEDAD) > Collection of stuffed birds Hike: 2 km (1.24 miles) / 30 minutes of Baron Hamonville, a famous nineteenth century Lorraine ornithologist. Place to leave your car Most interesting area

Wildlife information Shop and Restaurant At the foot of the Meuse Hills, the Reine Forest is a humid forest of 5 000 ha. It includes more than Parc naturel régional de Lorraine (local products) a dozen natural freshwater ponds. An interesting site for naturalists but beware, some of the ponds Le Caveau are inaccessible. Tel.: +33 (0) 383 846 767 www.pnr-lorraine.com 6 rue Victor Hugo 54200 Brûley Tel.: +33 (0) 983 892 440 [email protected] Open from Monday to Sunday 12 13 To be seen in the area : Birds, Orchids and Butterflies (Area 7) Birds: ARNAVILLE, THE MAD RUPT VALLEY Red-backed Shrike • Common Kingfisher • Grey Wagtail • AND THE RUDEMONT LIMESTONE GRASSLAND. Cirl Bunting • White-throated Dipper Orchids and others plants: Orchids : 18 species ( Mueller’s Helleborine • Small-leaved Helleborine • Monkey Orchid • Violet Limodore…) • European Michaelmas-daisy • Haller’s Sedge Butterflies: Large Blue • Burnet • Marsh Fritillary

Where to sleep? (accomodation partners)

Bed and Breakfast “Les Chataîgniers” 11 57680 Novéant-sur- (Map datum: D3) Tel.: +33 (0) 387 699 341 [email protected] monsite.orange.fr/leschataigniers > 2 rooms

Bed and Breakfast or sleep in the trees 12 Cabanes en Lorraine 57130 Ancy-sur-Moselle (Map datum: D3) ©IGN SCAN 25® - 2011 COPIE ET REPRODUCTION INTERDITES (données issues du protocole MEDAD) Tel.: +33 (0) 668 598 354 Hike: 3.2 km (1.99 miles) / 1 hour [email protected] www.cabanes-lorraine.com Late Spider Orchid Place to leave your car Most interesting area > 4 treehouses (16 people)

This limestone grassland overlooks the confluence of two rivers, the Rupt-de-Mad and the Moselle. Wildlife information Shop (local products) These habitats, located on shallow soils of the plateaus and south-facing slopes have southern Conservatoire d’espaces naturels Epi A Lor’ de Lorraine affinities. 1 rue Nivoy Tel.: +33 (0) 387 030 090 54530 Pagny-sur-Moselle The fauna and the flora are particularly suited to dry conditions and summer heat. Many rare and www.cren-lorraine.com protected species are present: orchids, insects, ... Tel: +33 (0) 687 417 055

The site combines floral and archaeological attractions and offers panoramic views of the valleys. Boucherie épicerie Saint-Clément 6 Place de la République 57130 Ancy-sur-Moselle 14 15 Tel: +33 (0) 387 311 937 Birds, Orchids AND Butterflies (Area 8) To be seen in the area : LINDRE LAKE (A FRAGILE NATURAL AREA) AND THE Birds: Purple Heron • Little Bittern • Greylag Goose • ROMERSBERG FOREST WETLAND INTERPRETATION Black-necked Grebe • Garganey • Red-crested TRAILS (LINDRE AND “LES ESSARTS”). Pochard • Osprey • Marsh Harrier • Black Kite • Savi’s Warbler • Bluethroat • Middle-spotted Woodpecker • White and Black Stork • Wood Sandpiper • Red-throated Diver • White-tailed Eagle • Aquatic Warbler • Collared Flycatcher • Greet Reed Warbler • Marsh Warbler • European Stonechat • Eurasian Tree Sparrow • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker • Eurasian Hobby • Honey Buzzard • Wood Warbler • Eurasian Golden Oriole

Where to sleep? (accomodation partners)

Bed and Breakfast “Château d’Alteville” 13 57260 Tarquimpol (Map datum: G4) White-tailed Eagle Tel.: +33 (0) 387 054 663 [email protected] www.chateaudalteville.com > 5 rooms

Bed and Breakfast “Château de Romécourt” 14 57810 (Map datum: G4) Extraits des fonds cartographiques - IGN Paris 2015 - Autorisation n°70 15001 Tel.: +33 (0) 387 866 735 Short hike: 2 km (1.24 miles) / 45 minutes [email protected] Long hike: 9 km (5.59 miles) / 3 hours www.chateauderomecourt.com > 2 rooms Place to leave your car Most interesting area Public hide

This natural site (RAMSAR) that is used by a large diversity of birds covers 970 ha. It consists of 12 fishponds, meadows, reedbeds, forests and marshes. Three bird hides offer a view of the lake and Wildlife information Shop (local products) reedbeds. A wetland interpretation trail provides views of the lake and the Tarquimpol peninsula. Domaine de Lindre La Corbeille Lorraine Romersberg forest (420 ha), inserted between the two major branches of Lindre lake forms, with Tel.: +33 (0) 387 350 280 15 bis rue Principale other large nearby forests, a vast forest corridor that is a breeding site for Collared Flycatcher, www.domainedelindre.com 57670 Montdidier emblem of Lorraine ornithology . Tel.: +33 (0) 387 014 586 Parc animalier de Sainte-Croix The Essarts Pond Trail: A 3 km long trail that allows for the observation of the lake’s birds. www.corbeille-lorraine.fr Tel.: +33 (0) 387 039 205 www.parcsaintecroix.fr 16 17 To be seen in the area :

Birds, Dragonfly, Butterflies (Area 9) Birds: Purple Heron • Great Egret • Red-backed Shrike • RÉCHICOURT WETLAND AND ARBORETUM. Greet Reed Warbler • Aquatic Warbler • Water Rail • Little Bittern • Spotted Crake • Marsh Harrier • Eurasian Penduline Tit Dragonfly: Mercury Bluet Butterflies: Large Copper • Marsh Fritillary Insects: Praying • Cicada

Where to sleep? (accomodation partners)

Departure 15 Cottage “Le Pré Florentin” 57810 Réchicourt-le-Château (Map datum: G5) Tel.: +33 (0) 387 375 769 / 763 Mid-week is possible (4 nights - Friday to Sunday) [email protected] www.rechicourt-le-château.fr > 8 people

Bed and Breakfast “Le Logis Bataville” 16 57770 Moussey (Map datum: G5) Tel.: +33 (0) 684 795 306 [email protected] or [email protected] Banded Demoiselle ©IGN SCAN 25® - 2011 COPIE ET REPRODUCTION INTERDITES (données issues du protocole MEDAD) www.le-logis-bataville.com > 5 rooms Short hike: 5.5 km (3.42 miles) / 2 hours Short + long hike: 9 km (5.59 miles) / 3 hours 17 Aboard a ship along the canals Place to leave your car Most interesting area Interpretation trail 57810 Lagarde (Map datum: G5) Tel.: +33 (0) 387 866 501 [email protected] www.navigfrance.com

Réchicourt wetland is an association of a canal, streams associated with their riverine forest, wet woodlands, ponds (mainly forest) and fishponds with their reedbeds. There is much of ecological interest here with many protected birds and amphibians, such as the Tree Frog. Dry grasslands on the Wildlife information edge of the Réchicourt fishpond host some rare and protected plant, butterfly and dragonfly species. Conservatoire d’espaces naturels de Lorraine Tel.: +33 (0) 387 030 090 www.cren-lorraine.com 18 19 To be seen in the area : Birds and others plants (Area 10) Birds: Eurasian Curlew • Whinchat • SALT MARSHES AND PONDS DISCOVERY TRAIL. European Stonechat • Corn Crake • Corn Bunting • Green Sandpiper • Common Quail • Savi’s Warbler • Water Rail • Common Nightingale • Little Owl

Plants: Samphire (late summer) • Departure Baudot’s Crowfoot • Saltmarsh Rush • Bulbous foxtail • Marsh Mallow • Barley-eared Sedge • Seaside Sandwort • Sea aster • Sea arrowgrass

Where to sleep? (accomodation partners)

Cottage “Le pavillon 18 du Gouverneur” 57630 Marsal (Map datum: F4) Tel.: +33 (0) 387 011 454

©IGN SCAN 25® - 2011 COPIE ET REPRODUCTION INTERDITES (données issues du protocole MEDAD) www.gites57.com > 4 people Little Owl Hike: 30 minutes

Place to leave your car Most interesting area Interpretation trail

Away from the coast, salt marshes and ponds are a very rare habitat.

The Seille valley in the Lorraine is the largest site in mainland France. Wildlife information Musée départemental du Sel Conservatoire d’espaces naturels The presence of salt formations which date back over 200 million 57630 Marsal years is the reason for this ecosystem where a salt-tolerant flora has de Lorraine Tel.: +33 (0) 387 350 150 developed along with a specific fauna (insects able to live in salty Tel.: +33 (0) 387 030 090 www.cg57.fr environments). www.cren-lorraine.com Six-spot Burnet

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